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# סָגָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5461

**prefect** — used 17 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

prefect [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5461/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סָגָן: n.m. prefect, ruler [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5461/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. prefect, ruler (loan-word from Assyrian šaknu, prefect of conquered city or province (√ šakânu, set, appoint) DlHWB 659, cf. SchrCOT Is 41:25; appar. = NH סָגָן, סֶגֶן, Aramaic סִגְנָא a superior (not high) priest; Mand. אשגאנדא WBrandtMand. Schriften 169 a candidate for priesthood; cf. Jen in Brandtib.; hence perhaps Gk. ζωγάνης, cf. LewyFremdw. 129);—only pl. סְגָנִים Ez 23:6 + 14 times; sf. סְגָנֶיהָ Je 51:57 + v 58 (where read prob. סְגָנָיו 𝔊 Gie);— prefects of Assyr. and Bab. Ez 23:6, 12, 23 Je 51:23, 57 (all + פַּחוֹת), Is 41:25, of king of Medes Je 51:28 (+ פַּחוֹת). petty rulers, officials of Judah (only Ne Ezr in sources): disting. from חֹרִים nobles Ne 2:16; 4:8, 13; 5:7, 7:5; alone, 2:16; 12:40; 13:11; + יְהוּדִים 5:17 (v. also 2:16); + שָׂרִים Ezr 9:2. Cf. Biblical Aramaic סְגַן.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: officials (16); the officials (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.6/#tree)

לְבֻשֵׁ֤י תְכֵ֙לֶת֙ פַּח֣וֹת וּסְגָנִ֔ים בַּח֥וּרֵי חֶ֖מֶד כֻּלָּ֑ם פָּרָשִׁ֕ים רֹכְבֵ֖י סוּסִֽים׃

*Word for word:* clothed of.blue governors and officials young.men of.desire of.them all horsemen \[who\].rode of.horses

*JPS 1917:* clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.

[Nehemiah 12:40](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.40/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.40/#tree)

וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י הַתּוֹדֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַאֲנִ֕י וַחֲצִ֥י הַסְּגָנִ֖ים עִמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.took.their.stand the.two the.thanksgiving choirs in the.house of.(the) God and I and.(the) half of the.officials with me

*JPS 1917:* So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5461.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5461/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).